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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Wetangula",
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        "legal_name": "Moses Masika Wetangula",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir, for the opportunity. Remember the old adage that, hell hath no fury like a woman scorned. When you hear the young Sen. Cherargei thundering and ranting, you know where that is coming from. This is one of the most critical Bills that have come to this House this term. To amend the Constitution of the Republic Kenya is not an ordinary legislation. It is a legislation that touches on the foundation of our legality and existence as a nation. In doing so, we have to be very careful. When we were pursuing the 2010 Constitution, towards the end, we had two competing interests; Pitisha tubadilishe, badilisha tupitishe. That is what everybody was saying. The proponents said, ‘pitisha tubadilishe’. The opponents said, ‘badilisha tupitishe’ . We have gone round and reached a centre point where both can now meet. Tulipitisha tubadilishe, hatukubadilisha tukapitisha sasatubadilishe. The genesis of all these comes from the handshake. We have been told and convinced that the philosophy of the handshake was born out of the need to resolve fractures, quarrelsome and divisive elections in Kenya. That is what took us to the streets. That is what divided those who were in NASA and those who were in Jubilee. The country was divided top bottom. Our country had become ungovernable and it was at a standstill. Teargas became a popular commodity in the hands of our police force. Now that we are here, have we born fidelity to the purpose for which the handshake came into being? When you look at this amendment, it tells you of a classic case of a good job done badly. The good idea has been derailed by competing interests."
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